Although dogs are loved by many millions of pet owners across the United States, it’s a sad fact of life that some of these animals are dangerous and will bite people. It is estimated that there are around 4.7 million dog bites every year, although only a fraction of those – around 800,000 – require medical care. Obviously, many of these incidents end up as legal battles and, each year, the insurance industry pays more than $1 billion in dog-bite claims. The important thing to remember is that, although a dog bite incident will feel shocking and scary, you’re not …

Infringement is the act of violating a law or a right, and is most commonly related to intellectual property. Punishment for infringement can be either civil or criminal. Civil penalties for infringement include paying back damages to the copyright, patent or trademark owner.

You have most likely come across a confidentiality notice automatically pasted at the end of email correspondence. They certainly are annoying. More annoying still are those trails of emails sent back and forth when the parties hit “reply” a few times and a brief email chat becomes a 10-page string loaded with repetitive boilerplate notices.

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